tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post8512506110102040404..comments2024-03-28T17:13:53.779-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ROBERT GATES URGES REPEAL OF DADT. GOP TO GATES: DROP DEAD!Shaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-29507523092240174862010-12-02T23:20:16.890-05:002010-12-02T23:20:16.890-05:00"Why there is such a group as the Log Cabin R..."Why there is such a group as the Log Cabin Republicans is a mystery to me"<br /><br />Especially as it was a Republican President who gave us DADT n the first place!dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-83908679285486748522010-12-02T03:20:11.571-05:002010-12-02T03:20:11.571-05:00K - Good point.
However, this group, and the ind...K - Good point. <br /><br />However, this group, and the individuals that make up the group, made the decision to do what they do and support the party of their choice. I suppose that is the wonderful thing about freedom of choice.<br /><br />Good and bad, honest and dishonest, intelligent and not so intelligemt exits in both political parties.<br /><br />Perhaps when each stop calling the other names and start listening,really listening to each other things might get better.<br /><br />I don't hold out much hope for this to occur in my lifetime.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-14875408274706741602010-12-02T00:38:56.932-05:002010-12-02T00:38:56.932-05:00I personally would find it hard to work with a pol...I personally would find it hard to work with a political party that regarded me as unworthy of basic human rights because of how I was born and that used my sexuality to agitate its most base elements. If my other concerns aligned with such a party, I'd take a good hard look at my concerns.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-804547847145019732010-12-02T00:23:06.990-05:002010-12-02T00:23:06.990-05:00"Why there is such a group as the Log Cabin R..."Why there is such a group as the Log Cabin Republicans is a mystery to me--why would gay men and women want anything to do with a party that is perceived as homophobic, and full of fearful liars, I don't know."<br /><br />Shaw,<br /><br />As repugnant as DADT is I can only believe this group exists because they find, on balance, the Democratic parties policies are unacceptable to them with respect to isues other than DADT.<br /><br />I suspect they perfer working within the framework of a party that more closely alligns with the majority of their concerns. Rather than being just a "one issue" group.<br /><br />Of course this is JMHO. I am sure there are others.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-91301889969940690292010-12-02T00:07:19.136-05:002010-12-02T00:07:19.136-05:00This has been under discussion and debate for near...This has been under discussion and debate for nearly 20 years. You can't tell me that they couldn't repeal it in short order.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-24591613073015553342010-12-01T21:36:34.753-05:002010-12-01T21:36:34.753-05:00The same type of bigots who were against African-A...The same type of bigots who were against African-Americans integrating the military are with us today in opposing gay and lesbian Americans being able to serve their country openly--without having to lie about who they are.<br /><br />It's a sickness in this country, and we know who the majority of the sickos are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-62027317877171591832010-12-01T20:21:19.487-05:002010-12-01T20:21:19.487-05:00thanks Shaw!
There is nothing the republican part...thanks Shaw!<br /><br />There is nothing the republican party does(or doesn't do) that surprises me. I really can't be objective in my opinion of them anymore either. I find them offensive and noxious....<br /><br />(Pamela not included!)Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-73218420940833654032010-12-01T19:52:27.349-05:002010-12-01T19:52:27.349-05:00A republican sec def...A republican sec def...Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-50488590690851977662010-12-01T15:52:43.250-05:002010-12-01T15:52:43.250-05:00Why there is such a group as the Log Cabin Republi...<i>Why there is such a group as the Log Cabin Republicans is a mystery to me</i><br /><br />Gay Republicans are those who judge libertarianism by its self-definition twenty or thirty years ago (when it really was about freedom instead of just being against taxes and regulation) and are still hoping the Republican party as a whole will come around someday.<br /><br />To be fair, there are a few Republican leaders who want the party to drop its anti-gay obsession, but they're pretty marginalized.<br /><br />As other commenters have mentioned, the majority of rank-and-file soldiers don't have a problem with this. Most rank-and-file soldiers are a lot younger than most Congressmen and grew up in a more tolerant world. And they know they've got gay soldiers in the military with them anyway, even if they can't be open about it.<br /><br />As with black civil rights and votes for women, eventually the inevitable will happen -- and the conservative movement will be remembered as having fought to the end against doing the right thing.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-63462750295497189552010-12-01T15:39:43.166-05:002010-12-01T15:39:43.166-05:00It seems the only military members who fear servin...It seems the only military members who fear serving with gays are the infantry. I thought about this; do they fear they will not be able to control themselves and rape their fellow soldiers? Do they consider the gay soldier to be a woman? Because as I understand it women in the infantry are being raped.<br /><br />This needs to be changed. Any American who volunteers to serve should serve in any job the military has open!Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167633465853736197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-38346947150141168682010-12-01T15:13:42.852-05:002010-12-01T15:13:42.852-05:00From all the "surveys", it seems the mil...From all the "surveys", it seems the military members THEMSELVES are perfectly fine serving alongside gays--OPENLY. I would assume that would MATTER the MOST, but hey, I'm just an ignorant American who thinks gays DESERVE the SAME rights as ALL Americans, so don't take MY word...maybe just go by the MILITARY SURVEYS! I'm just sayin...Pamela Zydelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00455065276657597689noreply@blogger.com